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Orlando School Uses Extra-Sensitive Dog As Counselor For Students
Orlando Sentinel ^
| November 9, 2007
| Susan Jacobson
Posted on 11/12/2007 12:53:42 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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Oh no....
There is something really insidious about using a dog as a COUNSELOR at a middle school.
Although, maybe this is a step up from the run-of-the-mill teachers union hacks who typically fill these positions.
Dog "Counselor" reporting for duty...
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:54:37 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
All school "counseling" sessions will be mandatory!
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:55:49 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
This "Dog Counselor" has lots of experience...
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:57:08 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Probably a lot more effective than trained counselors. Not to knock them, but I’ve always thought school districts are way too quick to send them in without letting students try to work things out for themselves or with friends and family. Dogs are more likely to help them do that. I had one year in elementary school where I was very unhappy and my mom says I cried in my cat’s fur and talked to her a lot. A much heathier process than always running for the professional.
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:58:27 PM PST
by
twigs
To: DogByte6RER
I wondered what he was doing now. I'm sure his last mixup did make him more sensitive.
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:58:36 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Hunter 2008)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/12/2007 12:58:41 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
You can get a dog to deal cards if you apply enough voltage.
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:01:16 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Be unique. It makes it easier for the rest of us to identify the morons.)
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:02:21 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Wimpification of America.
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:06:03 PM PST
by
AU72
Student Assistance and Family Empowerment coordinator Cindy Frongello (center) listens to a Freedom Middle School student (left) as Mr. Harv, a Labrador-golden retriever mix, sits beside her. (Counselor Dog to student: "If you do not refrain from sexual harassment at this school, you will be forced into mandatory sessions with Sexual Harassment Panda.")
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:06:46 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
The school has a "Student Assistance and Family Empowerment coordinator"? Here's the type of dog counseling most of the kids probably need:
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:08:23 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
To: DogByte6RER
Frongello, a psychologist says of the dog. “He’s a lot smarter than I am”. I would agree with her on that point.
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:09:29 PM PST
by
isrul
(Lamentations 5:2)
To: DogByte6RER
Actually, the dog ISN'T a counselor --
He can't offer rotten advice.
He can't report the students to anybody.
He can't blab about what he's heard.
All he can do is listen and give doggy kisses.
Sounds pretty good to me.
My two are totally unsuitable for this work. They would leap on the children, knock them down, rifle their pockets for treats, and cover them with big wet doggy slurps (not like the cute little restrained kiss this one is giving).
My two on the lookout for any ducks to retrieve (or schoolchildren to knock over).
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:12:08 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: DogByte6RER
You couldn’t make up a picture like that.
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:12:23 PM PST
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:12:33 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Student Assistance and Family Empowerment coordinatorA job title that simply screams "Politically Correct!"
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:17:37 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
To: Disambiguator
True, but isn’t it interesting how peanuts/peanut butter are becoming verboten in some schools due to allergies, yet the doggie with his dander is raising no eyebrows (yet)?
Come to think of it, I’d have preferred the dog to the “guidance counselor” m’self!
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:22:40 PM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Disambiguator
Yes...very PC indeed.
Student Assistance & Family Empowerment = S.A.F.E.
Catchy title, eh?
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:23:09 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: AU72
Wimpification of America. Stupidification of FReepers. You're exhibit 1.
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posted on
11/12/2007 1:24:22 PM PST
by
r9etb
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